Greek selection of rhythmic gymnastics

Greek group formation at the 2012 Olympics

The Greek selection of rhythmic gymnastics is the name given to the best Greek gymnasts who represent Greece both in individual competitions and in group competitions at international tournaments. The group formation is usually called the national rhythmic gymnastics team .

structure

In rhythmic gymnastics , individual gymnasts from a nation are referred to as a team in an international competition . The group gymnasts as a group .

Individual competition

In the individual gymnastics, there are competitions in four disciplines, known as the individual all-around ( English Individual All - Around ). The best eight in each discipline qualify for the for the separately discharged apparatus finals ( english Apparatus Finals ). In addition, there is a title in the team all-around competition of the individual gymnasts ( English Individual Team ), so up to six medals can be won. At the Olympic Games only one medal is awarded for the individual all-round competition.

Group competition

A group formation consists of five gymnasts and one substitute gymnast. Titles are awarded in the all around competition ( English Group All - Around ) as well as in the disciplines 5x (all five gymnasts with the same hand device) and 3x + 2x (with two different hand devices) also called device finals . The hand-held devices are set in advance of a tournament and apply to all participating athletes. At the Olympic Games, only the group all-around competition is played.

RSG in Greece

The rhythmic gymnastics is organized by the Greek Gymnastics Association ( Greek Ελληνική Γυμναστική Ομοσπονδία ). Although this gymnastics sport in Greece already inspired fans in the 1960s, the first Panhellenic championships did not take place until 1980.

Individual gymnasts

In 1984 the gymnasts Avdia Argiraki, Danai Nonta and Maria Alevizou presented the Greek selection for the first time at the international level at the fourth European Championships of Rhythmic Gymnastics in Vienna . Three years later, at the World Championships in Varna , the athletes Maria Alevizou and Panagiota Tsitsela managed to qualify for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul . In 1991 world championships were held in Greece for the first time. The Greek gymnasts Areti Sinapidou (13th place) and Maria Sansaridou (11th place) qualified for the 1992 Olympic Games thanks to their good placements . In the shadow of these events, a new talent in gymnastics grew up, Maria Pangalou, who already achieved good results in the junior division, made a lasting impression at the International Meeting of the RSG in Portimão in 1996 . She managed to take gold twice and bronze twice in the four individual disciplines. In the individual all-around, she took fourth place. She was able to confirm her good performance one year later at the 13th edition of the European Championships. Pangalou won silver in two disciplines. The Greek selection delivered their best team performance at the 2003 World Championships. The Greek gymnasts took fourth place in the team all-round competition. Above all, it was thanks to Eleni Andriola , who was able to reach the finals in two of four disciplines.

the Greek selection at the 2000 Olympic Games

National team RSG

The juniors for the Greek selection achieved their first successes in group competitions. In 1987, the group finished sixth at the European Junior Championships . In 1989 at the World Championships in Sarajevo , the first selection also won a fifth place, which it was able to defend two years later at the following domestic World Championships. As the sport established itself over the years, it was again the junior group that won the first medals for Greece. At the European Championships in 1994, the youngsters won one gold and one bronze. Three years later, at the 1997 European Championships, the junior group (with Irini Aindili and Zacharoula Karyami, among others ) secured another gold medal. At the same championships, the first selection also received a medal for the first time and took second place in the all-around competition, just behind Russia. The Greek national team experienced its peak for the time being at the turn of the century, when it was multiple European and world champions between 1999 and 2002, as well as being third at the 2000 Games in Sydney . The group was led by 17-year-old Irini Aindili, who is considered the most successful national gymnast in Greece. A recurring sports injury forced her to quit the team and retire from her career in 2003, a year before the 2004 Athens Olympic Games .

International competitions

Kalamata Cup

The Kalamata Cup is an international tournament that has been held annually since 1993 and is held by the Greek Gymnastics Federation, the city of Kalamata and the local gymnastics club Philogymnastikos Syllogos Kalamatas.

X = was not carried out

Championships	venue	Individual competition								Group competition
Championships	venue	Gymnast	All-around	tape	tires	ball	rope	Clubs	team	group	All-around	5x	3x + 2x
Kalamata Cup 2010	Greece Kalamata	Michaela Metallidou	Rank 7	Rank 7	Rank 11	Rank 7	Rank 9	X	X	Marianthi Zafeiriou , Stavroula Samara , Athina Tsinaslanidou, Despina Tsoumalakou, Alexandra Georgovasili	Rank 7	Rank 4	Rank 5
		Varvara Filou	Rank 13	Rank 10	Rank 17	Rank 16	Rank 14	X	X
		Artemi Gavezou Castro	Rank 15	Rank 19	Rank 15	Rank 11	Rank 12	X	X
		Anastasia Kontopidi	Rank 16	Rank 11	Rank 18	Rank 20	Rank 27	X	X
Kalamata Cup 2011	Greece Kalamata	Varvara Filou	Rank 11	Rank 10	Rank 11	Rank 7	X	Rank 13	X	Marianthi Zafeiriou , Stavroula Samara , Evdokia Loukagou , Alexia Kyriazi , Vasileia Zachou	Rank -	Rank -	Rank 8
Kalamata Cup 2011	Greece Kalamata	Artemi Gavezou Castro	Rank 20	Rank 18	Rank 19	Rank 19	X	Rank 24	X		Rank -	Rank -	Rank 8
Kalamata Cup 2012	Greece Kalamata	Varvara Filou	Rank 2	Rank 3	Rank 3	Rank 5	X	Rank 3	X	X (no group competition held)
Kalamata Cup 2012	Greece Kalamata	Artemi Gavezou Castro	Rank 6	Rank 6	Rank 5	Rank 4	X	Rank 5	X	X (no group competition held)

European championships

European championships have been held since 1978 by the Union Européenne de Gymnastique (UEG), the European gymnastics union . Greece has hosted two championships so far. 1994 in Thessaloniki and 1997 in Patras .

X = was not carried out

Championships	venue	Individual competition								Group competition
Championships	venue	Gymnast	All-around	tape	tires	ball	rope	Clubs	team	group	All-around	5x	3x + 2x
XIII. European Championship 1997	Greece Patras	Maria Pangalou	Rank 5	silver	silver	X	Rank 4	Rank 5	-	Irini Mavdraveli, Rodoula Christodoulou, Georgia Straka, Christina Lazarinou, Anetta Triantopoulou, Stella Chatziemmanouil	silver	Rank 6	Rank 8
XV. EM 1999	Hungary Budapest	Evmorfia Dona	Rank 8	Rank 7	Rank 6	Rank -	Rank -	X	-	Irini Aindili , Zacharoula Karyami , Maria Georgatou , Kleoniki Georgakopoulou , Anna Pollatou , Eva Christodoulou	gold	gold	gold
XVI. EM 2000	Spain Zaragoza	Efthalia Paliarouta	Rank 24	Rank -	Rank -	Rank -	Rank -	X	-	X (no group competition held)
XVII. EM 2001	Switzerland Geneva	no participation of Greek gymnasts								Irini Aindili , Chariklia Pantazi , Charitini Ioannou , Varvara Magnisali , Anastasia Kagiou , Garifalia Arvaniti	silver	bronze	silver
XIX. EM 2003	Germany Riesa	Eleni Andriola	X	Rank 8	Rank 7	Rank 7	X	Rank 6	-	Zacharoula Karyami , Chariklia Pantazi , Charitini Ioannou , Evgenia Kontelia, Styliani Christidou , Eleni Chronopoulou	Rank 5	Rank 4	silver
XIX. EM 2003	Germany Riesa	Olga Nikolaidou	X	Rank 13	Rank 12	Rank 9	X	Rank 16	-		Rank 5	Rank 4	silver
XXVII. EM 2011	Belarus Minsk	Varvara Filiou	Rank 17	Rank 16	Rank 23	Rank 19	X	Rank 20	Rank 12	X (no group competition held)
XXVII. EM 2011	Belarus Minsk	Artemi Gavezou Castro	Rank 27	Rank 30	Rank 36	Rank 34	X	Rank 35	Rank 12	X (no group competition held)
XXVIII. EM 2012	Russia N. Novgorod	Varvara Filiou	Rank 13	X	X	X	X	X	-	Eleni Doika , Alexia Kyriazi , Marianthi Zafeiriou , Evdokia Loukagou , Vasileia Zachou , ( Stavroula Samara injured a lot shortly before the championships)	Rank 8	Rank 8	Rank 6
XXIX. EM 2013	Austria Vienna	Varvara Filiou	Rank 10	Rank 8	Rank 16	Rank 10	X	Rank 14	Rank 15	X (no group competition held)
XXIX. EM 2013	Austria Vienna	Kyriaki Alevrogianni	Rank 39	Rank 34	Rank 38	Rank 62	X	Rank 58	Rank 15	X (no group competition held)
XXX. EM 2014	Azerbaijan Baku	Varvara Filiou	Rank 16	Rank 16	Rank 19	Rank 9	X	Rank 7	X	Eleni Doika , Anastasia Giouvanaki, Zoi Kontogianni, Stefania Mitsana, Lamprini Vlachogianni, Stavroula Samara	Rank 10	Rank 9	Rank 11

World championships

World championships have been held since 1963 by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), the international gymnastics association. Greece has presented itself as a successful host in Athens in 1991 and in Patras in 2007 .

X = was not carried out

Championships	venue	Individual competition								Group competition
Championships	venue	Gymnast	All-around	tape	tires	ball	rope	Clubs	team	group	All-around	5x	3x + 2x
XXIII. World Cup 1999	Japan Osaka	Evmorfia Dona	Rank 13	Rank -	Rank 7	Rank -	Rank -	X	-	Irini Aindili , Eva Christodoulou , Maria Georgatou , Zacharoula Karyami , Anna Pollatou , Kleoniki Georgakopoulou	silver	gold	gold
XXV. World Cup 2002	United States New Orleans	X (no individual competition held)								Irini Aindili , Styliani Christidou , Charitini Ioannou , Zacharoula Karyami , Evgenia Kontelia , Chariklia Pantazi	bronze	bronze	gold
XXVI. World Cup 2003	Hungary Budapest	Eleni Andriola	Rank 9	Rank 7	Rank -	Rank 7	X	Rank 6	Rank 4	Zacharoula Karyami , Charitini Ioannou , Varvara Magnisali , Evgenia Kontelia , Styliani Christidou , Eleni Chronopoulou	Rank 8	Rank 7	Rank 6
		Olga Nikolaidou	Rank 121	Rank -	Rank -	Rank -	X	Rank -	Rank 4
		Stergiani Pantazi	Rank -	Rank -	Rank 8	Rank -	X	Rank -	Rank 4
		Theodora Pallidou	Rank 21	Rank -	Rank -	Rank -	X	Rank -	Rank 4
XXVIII. World Cup 2007	Greece Patras	Eleni Andriola	Rank 12	Rank 17	Rank 13	X	Rank 15	Rank 10	Rank 11	Olga Afroditi Piliaki, Nikoleta Tsagari, Dimitra Kafalidou, Ioanna Diamantidou, Dimitra Koutropoulou, Paraskevi Plexida	Rank 12	Rank 12	Rank 14
		Evmorfia Dona	Rank 52	Rank 36	Rank 54	X	Rank 52	Rank 57	Rank 11
		E. Gkountroumpi	Rank 85	Rank 82	Rank 86	X	Rank 87	Rank 75	Rank 11
XXXIII. World Cup 2014	Turkey Izmir	Varvara Filou	Rank 20	Rank 10	Rank 18	Rank 24	X	Rank 23	-	Eleni Doika , Anastasia Giouvanaki, Zoi Kontogianni, Stefania Mitsana, Lamprini Vlachogianni, Stavroula Samara	Rank 12	Rank 10	Rank 12
XXXIII. World Cup 2014	Turkey Izmir	Kyriaki Alevrogianni	Rank 40	Rank 37	Rank 43	Rank 36	X	Rank 66	-		Rank 12	Rank 10	Rank 12

Olympic games

With the 1984 Games in Los Angeles , the individual all-round competition became Olympic for the first time. Since the 2000 Games , 24 gymnasts have been able to qualify in advance. In the first round of the competition, 14 gymnasts are eliminated, the top ten then decide the medals among themselves in the final. The best placement of a Greek individual gymnast at the Olympic Games, Evmorfia Dona got her seventh place in 2000.

The group all-around competition was not added until 1996. Since the 2008 Games , twelve national groups have been able to qualify. Four groups are eliminated from the competitions while the other eight advance to the finals. The best placement of a Greek group was at the 2000 Games in Sydney by winning the bronze medal.

competition	venue	Individual competition		Group competition
competition	venue	Gymnast	rank	group	rank
Games 1988	Korea South Seoul	Maria Alevizou	21st	not olympic
Games 1988	Korea South Seoul	Panagiota Tsitsela	35	not olympic
Games 1992	Spain Barcelona	Maria Sansaridou	11	not olympic
Games 1992	Spain Barcelona	Areti Sinapidou	14th	not olympic
Games 1996	United States Atlanta	Maria Pangalou	12	not qualified
Games 1996	United States Atlanta	Evangelia Sotiriou	26th	not qualified
Games 2000	Australia Sydney	Evmorfia Dona	7th	Irini Aindili , Evangelia Christodoulou , Maria Georgatou , Zacharoula Karyami , Chariklia Pantazi , Anna Pollatou	bronze
Games 2004	Greece Athens	Eleni Andriola	9	Styliani Christidou , Eleni Chronopoulou , Ilektra Elli Efthymiou , Maria Kakiou , Varvara Magnisali , Stergiani Pantazi	5
Games 2004	Greece Athens	Theodora Pallidou	11		5
Games 2008	China People's Republic Beijing	Eleni Andriola	21st	Dimitra Kafalidou, Vasiliki Maniou, Olga Afroditi Pilaki, Paraskevi Plexida, Ioanna Samara, Nikoleta Tsagari	9
Games 2012	United Kingdom London	not qualified		Eleni Doika , Alexia Kyriazi , Marianthi Zafeiriou , Evdokia Loukagou , Stavroula Samara , Vasileia Zachou	9